To run an archery range at a Cub Scouting or Scouts BSA event, at least one adult leader needs to have the BSA Archery Rangemaster certification. This can be obtained by attending either a BSA Archery Rangemaster class or the USAA Archery Level I class. Click here for a presentation that can be used by the BSA Archery Rangemaster for use before and at the range.
The shooting sports committee teaches both a USAA Archery Level I class and a combined BSA Archery and BB gun Rangemaster class. If you have the USAA Archery Level I certification, you can teach and certify adult leaders for the BSA Archery Rangemaster course, as well as a Scouts BSA archery merit badge counselor. Our version of the BSA Archery Rangemaster class also includes the BSA BB gun Rangemaster course. However, to teach and certify adult leaders for BSA BB gun Rangemaster, you must be a NRA Rifle Instructor, even through the materials are in this combined file. Click here for the presentation used for this combined class. Click here for the link to the BSA fillable training cards that can be presented to your students after they pass your class.
The course starts at 8:00 a.m. and runs until late afternoon for the USAA/NFAA Level I course. Additional instruction for BSA Archery merit badge counselors (specifically bow string making and arrow making/repairing) is done after the completion of the USAA?NFAA Level I course. It is not part of that course's curriculum, but is part of the archery merit badge. If you stay for the whole class, it will end around 5:00 p.m.
The committee also offers the USAA Level II class, occasionally. With this certification, you can teach and certify other adult leaders to be a USAA Level I instructor upon their registration with the USAA and pay the fee to them.
Important Notes
Online registration is required and you are not registered in the class until you pay for the class. Registration for the class closes the Wednesday prior to the date of the class.
Check Black Pug, the council registration site, for classes.
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